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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

'Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes'

The Lives of the Extraordinary Patriots Who Followed Arnold to Canada at the Start of the American Revolution

Copyright Arthur Lefkowitz Collection. He says 'Here is the
wrap-around cover painting that I commissioned for my new book'.
'I commissioned this illustration from the Albany, New York based artist
Dahl Taylor for my book. I had Mr.Taylor include my two dogs in his
painting. My terrier Jackson is standing next to Benedict Arnold and
Jackson's younger sister Schuyler is posed next to Arnold's
aides-de-camp. Check-out the rifleman behind Daniel
Morgan. He is carrying a folding spear which may have been used in the
Saratoga campaign. The Charleville muskets are racked with their
bayonets fixed and Morgan is wearing shoes and not moccasins ..
Arnold is not wearing a ribband-of-office across his chest but his two
aides-de-camp are wearing them. Basically everything in the
painting is based on period artwork including Arnold’s face.